Barcelona striker set to join Dortmund

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Barcelona striker Paco Alcacer is on the verge of signing for on loan Borussia Dortmund after undergoing a medical on Tuesday German media reported.

The 24-year-old Spain international arrived in Dortmund on Monday, according to Germany’s top-selling Bild, plus local papers WAZ and Ruhr Nachrichten, with a deal expected to be finalised imminently.

Alcacer should join the German League side on a one-year loan deal, costing 2.2 million euros ($2.6m), with an option to buy of 25m euros if the Spaniard successfully meets Dortmund’s need for a goal-scoring striker.

The right-footed centre forward joined Barcelona for 30 million euros in 2016 after scoring 43 goals for Valencia with 17 assists in 124 matches.

However, he failed to force his way into Barcelona’s starting eleven with Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi ahead of him, but still managed 15 goals in 50 games with eight assists.

Barcelona transfer news Dortmund Paco Alcacer

Borussia are looking for a striker since burly Belgian Michy Batshuayi returned to Chelsea, and was then loaned to Valencia, after a five-month deal stay with Dortmund last season.

Should the Alcacer deal fall through, French striker Anthony Modeste, who has reportedly actioned a clause to cancel his contract with Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian due to a salary dispute, would be an option for Dortmund.

The 30-year-old scored 25 Bundesliga goals for Cologne during the 2016/17 season before moving to China.

Dortmund opened their 2018/19 campaign under new head coach Lucien Favre with a 4-1 thumping of RB Leipzig on Sunday when Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel scored on his debut with a stunning bicycle kick.

On 30 August 2016, Alcácer signed for Barcelona for €30 million on a five-year deal, and on the same day Munir El Haddadi went in the other direction on loan, to be replaced by the former as the team’s fourth-choice forward behind Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suárez. He made his debut on 10 September in a 1–2 home loss to Alavés, making only eight passes in 66 minutes before being substituted by Suárez.

Alcácer scored his first official goal for the Blaugrana on 21 December 2016, helping with the fifth in a 7–0 home win over Hércules to see his team qualify for the round-of-16 in the Spanish Cup. The following 4 February, he netted a first league goal for his new team in a 3–0 home win over Athletic Bilbao, starting in place of the rested Suárez.

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Filling in for suspended Suárez, Alcácer played the full 90 minutes in the domestic cup final, scoring Barcelona’s last goal in the 3–1 defeat of Alavés. On 5 November 2017, he netted a brace in a 2–1 home win against Sevilla that kept his team four points clear at the top of the league table. He scored his first goal for the club in the UEFA Champions League one month later, helping to a 2–0 group stage win over Sporting CP.[3

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